[Unilateral volume fluctuating expansion of mamma synchronously to respiration is a symptom of pneumothorax]

Ugeskr Laeger. 2014 Mar 17;176(12A):V08120464.
[Article in Danish]

Abstract

Women with breast implants constitute a growing proportion of the female population in Denmark. Thoracic trauma can result in a different pathology and clinical presentation compared with women without breast implants. This case report illustrates an atypical manifestation of pneumothorax in a breast augmented woman who suffered thoracic trauma with communication between the thorax cavity and the space around the implant.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Adult
  • Breast Implants*
  • Female
  • Flail Chest / etiology
  • Humans
  • Pneumothorax* / diagnosis
  • Pneumothorax* / diagnostic imaging
  • Rib Fractures / diagnostic imaging